CIC: Chickpeas & Honey

This month’s Crazy Ingredient Challenge was to combine chickpeas aka garbanzo beans and honey. Two ingredients that were already in my pantry. How was I to turn down the challenge!?

I kept it really simple this month and added only a few more ingredients, cinnamon sugar and olive oil. The result was a snack that we devoured within the hour! Roasted chickpeas will become a new snack staple and I can’t wait to play around with some other flavor combinations.

These chickpeas would be beautiful atop a salad, too. Much like the one I shared yesterday!

Cinnamon and Honey Roasted Chickpeas

Ingredients:

1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp honey

2 tsp cinnamon sugar

Steps:

Lay chickpeas out on a clean towel and pat dry. Remove any lose skins. Leave chickpeas out until completely dried, about 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Lay chickpeas out on the prepared baking sheet. Roast 40 minutes, or until crunchy.

Toss roasted chickpeas in oil. Add the honey and cinnamon sugar. Place chickpeas back on the baking sheet and roast another 5 minutes.

Great minds think alike! These are such a yummy snack. I noticed you cook yours longer at a higher temperature. I was afraid mine would burn, but I bet yours turned out crunchier. I might have to adapt my recipe… Yours look amazing!